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Nice Book but not for Just Starting Readers - a review of DK's "Tale of a Tadpole"
This is another of the Eyewitness Readers series.Labeled as Level 1 --Beginning to Read-- I think that it would be a little too much for a real beginning reader.[I think of a real beginner as one who might start with the first Bob Books.]
Eyecatching and manageable for beginning readers
I wanted this to be a book my child could read to me easily, as we are moving on from phonics readers and the like. The pictures are great, as is the case with most DK books. The only word beyond my five year old was 'tongue' which was one of the picture words (i.e. one of about eight words that are clearly defined by a picture within the book). There were no 'gh' words or other tricky ones to trip a beginning reader up.

Learn to read, then read to learn!
While living in Africa we would often rescue frogs from our pool. Sometimes eggs had already been laid and the eggs were wrapped in a clear jelly. In the stream near our home we would collect tadpoles and take them home to show mom. Sometimes we found what we thought were miniature frogs. They were just baby frogs and we were sent back to the stream to release them so they could grow up and be productive insect hunters.Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Frogs    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Readers - Beginner    8. Tadpoles    9. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

Subjects:  1. Alligators    2. Animals - Alligators & Crocodiles    3. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Costume    6. Fiction    7. Halloween    8. Health & Daily Living - General    9. Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween    10. Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Nonreligious    11. Holidays & Festivals - Halloween    12. Humorous Stories    13. Juvenile Fiction    14. Animal stories    15. Body & health    16. Culture & customs    17. Fiction dealing with specific issues    18. Reptiles & amphibians   

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Did You Know.....
Did you know that there are around 120 different kinds of chameleons, that their eyes move separately and their very long tongues have a sticky tip at the end?Did you know that chameleons are lizards, that some are the size of small cats and that they change colors when they're angry or too hot or cold or sick...but not to match their surroundings?Martin Jenkins loves chameleons and his enthusiasm is infectious.He's authored a marvelous book full of fun and interesting facts that's perfect for all young nature lovers.His enjoyable, conversational text is complimented by Sue Shields colorful, expressive artwork, that will mesmerize youngsters with its close-up attention to detail.Written for kids 5-9, Chameleons are Cool is a winner!

"Chameleons Are Cool" is COOL!
In our elementary school library, not many non-fiction books make it as successful read-aloud books. This is one of them.Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Chameleons    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Readers - Beginner    8. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians   

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    3. Body temperature    4. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Juvenile literature    8. School & Education    9. Science & Technology    10. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Frogs    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Life cycles    8. Readers - Beginner    9. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    10. Science & Nature - Biology    11. Tadpoles   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Children's 4-8 - Science    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Juvenile literature    6. Nature - General    7. Science & Nature - General    8. Science & Technology - General    9. Turtles    10. Animals    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians    12. The environment    13. Zoology & animal sciences   

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    3. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 2-3    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Mambas    9. People & Places - Africa    10. Snakes    11. Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure   

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Fascinating
This is a valuable resource for a child, teen or possibly a frog-delighting adult:)I was impressed with its clear format, language and the clever puzzle type model of the make-up of a frog.It says on the front from age 8 up but my 4 and 7 year old devour it greedily and have absorbed much (gruesome) fact on these creatures.Highly recommended from a biological and anatomical point of view. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - General    2. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    3. Children's Books/All Ages    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Frogs    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Science & Nature - Biology    9. Specimens    10. Toy and movable books    11. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians   

Subjects:  1. Amphibians    2. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    3. Children's 4-8 - Nature    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Photography, Stereoscopic    8. Reptiles   

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Extremely funny
A very appealing book, and a favorite from Pinkwater. Good for both boys and girls, especially those looking for something funny and original.

Introduce Your Young Reader To The Wonders Of Drug-Free Tripping!
Manus Pinkwater is a pretty cool kinda guy. He has the unique feature of being as tall sitting as he is standing, and that makes me wonder if the convex dimensions of an author's backside are somehow related to the quantity of his imagination. You see, Manus writes far-out books. No, no, I mean...realllly far-out books. I think hepasses the Twilight Zone somewhere in route to where he goes to pen his creative little novels. Lizard Music may take the cake among everything straaaaange he's written, however. This story puts your brain in a food processor and hits frappe. What's it about? Oh, you want to know that, don't you? Okay.
Favorite book as a child
I first read this book in fourth grade.I wore out several copies and haunted used book stores to locate them to give to young friends as I got older.I'm now purchasing copies for my nieces and nephews as birthday presents.
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Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Fantasy    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Humorous Stories    5. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    6. Science fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Children's 4-8 - Nature    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile Science (General)    7. Juvenile literature    8. Readers - Chapter Books    9. Reptiles & Amphibians    10. Snakes    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians   

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Akimbo The Innovator
In this Akimbo book, Smith brings us an Akimbo wizened by age and adventure.Here Akimbo wishes to accompany the crocodile man who is tagging baby crocodiles in order to study survival rate in that part of the jungle.Most baby crocodiles become meals for other larger animals, and there was an interest to observe the number that survived to adulthood.
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Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Animals - Alligators & Crocodiles    3. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    4. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    6. Children: Grades 3-4    7. Crocodiles    8. Fiction    9. Game reserves    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. People & Places - Africa    12. Rescues    13. Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure   

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Great counting book
In this book ten turtles are sitting on a log, but one by one, they each jump into the water when startled by other creatures of the forest, like bullfrogs, ducks, and deer.The story rhymes, and has a lot of alliteration.At the end of the book is a reference section with short informative descriptions of the animals mentioned in the text.This is great for parents who are faced with follow up questions after reading the book.The story, with its countdown plot, makes a great wind-down at bed time.It has about 60 words.

Turtle Splash! Countdown at the Pond
Turtle Splash! Countdown at the Pond is the story of a day in the life of ten Eastern Painted Turtles.The basic premise of the book is learning the numbers one thru ten. The book begins with "Ten timid turtles, lounging in a line.Startled by a bullfrog...Then there are nine."Various creatures continue to disturb the turtles. One by one their numbers dwindle.The story concludes with all ten turtles reunited for the night. The numbers one thru ten are then reviewed.Falwell includes 2 pages of ecological information at the end of the story.Information is included about all of the wildlife mentioned in the book. Language booster
My grandson loves this book! He likes to count the turtles, find the animals, and make all the animal sounds. He's even noticing the lively verbs and adjectives and has used them when he talks! Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Animals - Turtles    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Babies & Toddlers    5. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    6. Counting    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Stories in rhyme    10. Turtles    11. Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World   

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Shannon's Review!
I learned that a snake can eat an egg without cracking it!A snake from Austrailia is the most poisonous snake in the world.A snake can swim in the water.They can also fight in the spring.You should read it too because I learned lots of new facts. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Children's 4-8 - Animals/Pets    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Juvenile literature    6. Nature & the Natural World - General    7. Readers - Beginner    8. Snakes    9. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians   

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Terrific Holiday Book
My son received this as an Easter Gift for his first Easter, and we are still reading it three Easters later.He loves to hear it, and I love to read it to him.This makes a great addition to your Easter Basket!

Twas the Night Before Easter
A charming Easter tale sure to delight young and old alike. Children will love looking for the eggs hidden in the pictures and listening to the rhythmic language; adults will smile at the new and original twists on this Easter time take-off of the well-loved Twas the Night Before Christmas. Theperfect Easter basket gift! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Rabbits    2. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    3. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children's poetry, American    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Easter    8. General    9. Holidays & Celebrations - Easter    10. Holidays & Festivals - Easter    11. Juvenile Fiction    12. Juvenile poetry    13. Poetry    14. Rabbits    15. Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Festivals / Easter   

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Lovely Book
This is a really lovely book.Recently, for my 7-year-old daughter's Cloverbud (4H) group, we fished for tadpoles from a local pond so each of us could watch them grow at home.We read this book first.It has beautiful drawings and is both clear and interesting.My daughter and I have seen a lot of books about frogs, but this is the first that got my daughter really excited about them. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Children's 4-8 - Nature    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Frogs    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Nature - General    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians   

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Book Review
This book is a wonderful book for kids. It describes the how to take care of Bearded Dragons. This book describes this boy Jamal and how he takes care of his Bearded Dragons and how he got started. This bookn is very easy to follow. It teaches you step by step on how to take care of a Bearded Dragon. I beleive it is a great book for people who are just starting out. So if you are starting out with lizards and you need good information. I would go with this book. I enjoyed this book. Well enjoy! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Pets    2. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    3. Bearded dragons (Reptiles) as    4. Bearded dragons (Reptiles) as pets    5. Chameleons as pets    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    7. Children: Grades 2-3    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Lizards as pets    11. Pets   

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Snakes
My 5 year old son absolutely adores this book.The pictures are terrific and it had a few of the Cobras which are his favorites.It is also filled with very good information on a large variety of snakes.I think any child interested in snakes should take a look at this one.I plan to purchase more of Seymour Simon's books.

Nice quality book, usefull info
Very well presented book, with good quality photos and its very informative about all the aspects of snake life : reproduction andevolution of a snake is all covered here. Very good book for snake loversor just someone that is curious about snakes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Juvenile literature    5. Photography    6. Snakes    7. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians    8. Wild animals    9. Zoology & animal sciences   

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Fun Book
Another great book by David T.Greenburg. My grandson especially loved this book. We found the illustrations and story to be super.

Too morbid for us!
We recieved this book as a multi-pack with more science related books.This book DOES NOT TEACH anything other than fear of snakes.The author seems to have found that small voice in the back of children's heads that only nurtures their deepest fears.I'm throwing it away.It only gives my children something to fear and nothing to learn.
Snakes!
My children ages 2 1/2 and 6 years old love this book.I can't wait to get the other books by this author. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Fiction    6. Humorous Stories    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Snakes    9. Stories in rhyme    10. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians   

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Argh, Matey!
Boredom settles over the crew of the space ship STAR WARTS and Commander Toad has to do something quick.Lieutenant Lily, Mr. Hop, Jake Skyjumper and Doc Peepers are all unhappy.They've watched all the ship's movies-SPLASH GORDON, THE TOAD WARRIOR, INDIANA FROG AND THE LILY PAD OF DOOM-and read all the ship's books-ROBIN TOAD, THE LIZARD OF OZ, and SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN WARTS-and played a lot of croak-kay, leapfrog, and hopscotch.There is nothing to do and they're all going a little crazy.That all changes the day Commander Salamander and his pirate crew arrive.Commander Salamander boards STAR WARTS and takes everyone captive except for Doc Peepers.Only a little while after that, Commander Salamander makes Commander Toad Hop the Plank at sword point!Only Doc Peepers can save the day! In space, no one can hearyou get really, really bored...
Commander Toad and the crew of the good spaceship Star Warts are bored out of their minds.They have played all of their games like leap frog and croak-kay, they have read all of their books like "Robin Toad" and "The Lizard of Oz," and they have watched all of there movies like "Splash Gordon" and "Indiana Frog and the Lilly Pad of Doom" so many times that the crew is desperate for something different.The good news is that the crew of the Star Warts get the diversion they want, but the bad news is that what breaks up the boredom is a gang of space pirates, led by the notorious Commander Salamander, the Scourge of the Skies and Goon of the Galaxie, who has a new game for the hostage crew to play: Hop the Plank. Argh, mateys!
Boredom settles over the crew of the space ship STAR WARTS and Commander Toad has to do something quick.Lieutenant Lily, Mr. Hop, Jake Skyjumper and Doc Peepers are all unhappy.They've watched all the ship's movies-SPLASH GORDON, THE TOAD WARRIOR, INDIANA FROG AND THE LILY PAD OF DOOM-and read all the ship's books-ROBIN TOAD, THE LIZARD OF OZ, and SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN WARTS-and played a lot of croak-kay, leapfrog, and hopscotch.There is nothing to do and they're all going a little crazy.That all changes the day Commander Salamander and his pirate crew arrive.Commander Salamander boards STAR WARTS and takes everyone captive except for Doc Peepers.Only a little while after that, Commander Salamander makes Commander Toad Hop the Plank at sword point!Only Doc Peepers can save the day!Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Animals - Frogs & Toads    3. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 1-2    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Pirates    9. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    10. Science fiction    11. Toads    12. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories